ISTE Conference 2013:


  • A+UP - Houston... Learning Model Approach:

  • Use of a WIKI - open ended tools to do anything you want with them. ALlow students to practice and develop skills that they will need

  • Not What but the Why and the How.

  • Repeated Use over time -- academic success

  • Look up "Writing Next" and "Reading Next" - Carnegie Foundation -- download off WIKI

  • Writing for Content Learning - need to have a process that helps students in Social Studies read and write

  • Model and Provide Examples

  • Relevancy

  • Across the content areas

  • Teacher Centered and

  • Learner Centered: Efolio, OER (Open Educational Resources) Repository or Class Wikipedia

  • Flat Classroom Projects -- Julie Lindsay and Vicki davis